mankind, Feb. 2026
Mankind is pulled down by fear (105) and pulled up by the opportunity to succeed (285). As such, these are the basic levers of politics.
Culture
monogamy
Request: In TvF, polygamy was 145. I would imagine monogamy would be 200+.
pornography
Calibrated at 75 in Truth vs. Falsehood.
credit scoring in the USA
Also calibration of FICO scores. "Credit scores are designed to measure the risk of default by taking into account various factors in a person's financial history" --wikipedia.
burial vs. cremation
Request: "Some teachings insist on one or the other, but is there a difference in reality?"
Chinese zodiac
Request: The validity and truth of Chinese zodiac on person's life.
Scott Adams
June 8, 1957 – January 13, 2026. "Cartoonist, author, and conservative commentator. He was the creator of the Dilbert comic strip and nonfiction works of business, self-improvement, commentary, and satire" -- wikipedia.
Boomers: The Men and Women Who Promised Freedom and Delivered Disaster
by Helen Andrews.
The Problem with Feminising Society - Helen Andrews
A Triggernometry episode. Video embedded. "The channeling of so many women of childbearing age into the workforce has had two really big potentially civilization ending consequences. One is... the feminization of institutions. The other is declining birth rates."
hikikomori
A form of severe social withdrawal, called hikikomori, has been frequently described in Japan and is characterized by adolescents and young adults who become recluses in their parents’ homes, unable to work or go to school for months or years — PubMed Central.
correlation of psychiatric pharmaceuticals for adolescents and school shootings
Request: the school shooting phenomenon seems to coincide with increased adolescent use of antidepressant and antipsychotic medications. Is there a connection?
tipping for service
a Google search says it's racist... hmmm, really?
melting pot (cultural philosophy)
Request: It's a particular kind of view on how things work and what's desirable. It's different from multiculturalism, and seems to possibly have more in common with E Pluribus Unum (from many one).
Judith Butler, philosophy of
Request: Seems she has played a significant role in preferred pronouns push and gender performativity.
khvarenah (in new Persian: farr)
A mystical radiant force emanating from men chosen by God that confers upon them both the right to rule and the cosmic capacity to do so justly... a real presence: an invisible yet palpable aura of righteousness that legitimizes rule, enables victory, and proves divine favor -- wikipedia.